In Japan, slurping loudly while eating noodles shows that the food is delicious. It's actually considered rude not to slurp!
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Most streets in Japan do not have names.
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In 2012, as phone booths become increasingly obsolete because of mobile phones, a Japanese artist has turned several booths in Osaka into aquariums.
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The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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Japan's capital Tokyo means "Eastern Capital".
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According to a Japanese poll in the year 2000, the Japanese believe that their best invention of the twentieth century was instant noodles.
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Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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